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Rick A. Nishimura

Rick A. Nishimura

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
128
Citations
76627
World Ranking
2665
National Ranking
1487

Rick A. Nishimura publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rick A. Nishimura sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 682 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Rick A. Nishimura D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rick A. Nishimura sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 128 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Gifted Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Overview

Rick A. Nishimura is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research emphases are centered on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, with notable contributions also spanning Surgery, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics including:

  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Rick A. Nishimura has published extensively in key journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Detection of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using a Convolutional Neural Network-Enabled Electrocardiogram, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Functional Mitral Regurgitation and Left Atrial Myopathy in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2020, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Cardiopulmonary Hemodynamics in Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Failure, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Hartzell V. Schaff
  • Steve R. Ommen
  • Joseph A. Dearani
  • Jeffrey B. Geske
  • Mackram F. Eleid

Rick A. Nishimura's contributions have been recognized with awards such as the Gifted Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2006.

Best Publications

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • Clinical Utility of Doppler Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures A Comparative Simultaneous Doppler-Catheterization Study

    Steve R. Ommen;R. A. Nishimura;C. P. Appleton;F. A. Miller

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani;Joseph A. Dearani

  • Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Mild Coronary Artery Disease and Endothelial Dysfunction

    Jassim Al Suwaidi;Shuichi Hamasaki;Stuart T. Higano;Rick A. Nishimura

  • ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease)

    Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello;Kanu Chatterjee;Antonio C. de Leon

  • Evaluation of Diastolic Filling of Left Ventricle in Health and Disease: Doppler Echocardiography Is the Clinician’s Rosetta Stone

    Rick A Nishimura;A.Jamil Tajik

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani

  • ACC/AHA 2005 guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease (Lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic): Executive summary a collaborative report from the American Association for Vascular Surgery/Society for Vas

    A. T. Hirsch;Z. J. Haskal;N. R. Hertzer;C. W. Bakal

  • Continuous wave doppler determination of right ventricular pressure: A simultaneous Doppler-catheterization study in 127 patients

    Philip J. Currie;James B. Seward;Kwan-Leung Chan;Derek A. Fyfe

  • Noninvasive Doppler-derived myocardial performance index: Correlation with simultaneous measurements of cardiac catheterization measurements

    Chuwa Tei;Rick A. Nishimura;James B. Seward;A.Jamil Tajik

  • Exercise Hemodynamics Enhance Diagnosis of Early Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Barry A. Borlaug;Rick A. Nishimura;Paul Sorajja;Carolyn S.P. Lam

  • Outcome of 622 Adults With Asymptomatic, Hemodynamically Significant Aortic Stenosis During Prolonged Follow-Up

    Patricia A. Pellikka;Maurice E. Sarano;Rick A. Nishimura;Joseph F. Malouf

  • The noninvasive assessment of left ventricular diastolic function with two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography

    Jae K. Oh;Christopher P. Appleton;Liv K. Hatle;Rick A. Nishimura

  • Assessment of diastolic function of the heart: background and current applications of Doppler echocardiography. Part II. Clinical studies.

    Rick A. Nishimura;Martin D. Abel;Liv K. Hatle;A. Jamil Tajik

  • Intravascular ultrasound imaging : in vitro validation and pathologic correlation

    Rick A. Nishimura;William D. Edwards;Carole A. Warnes;Guy S. Reeder

  • Long-term effects of surgical septal myectomy on survival in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Steve R. Ommen;Barry J. Maron;Iacopo Olivotto;Martin S. Maron

  • Superiority of brain natriuretic peptide as a hormonal marker of ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction and ventricular hypertrophy.

    Kazuhiro Yamamoto;John C. Burnett;Michihisa Jougasaki;Rick A. Nishimura

  • Echocardiographically documented mitral-valve prolapse. Long-term follow-up of 237 patients.

    Rick A. Nishimura;Michael D. McGoon;Clarence Shub;Fletcher A. Miller

  • Relation of pulmonary vein to mitral flow velocities by transesophageal Doppler echocardiography. Effect of different loading conditions.

    R A Nishimura;M D Abel;L K Hatle;A J Tajik

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve R. Ommen
Steve R. Ommen Mayo Clinic
David R. Holmes
David R. Holmes Mayo Clinic
A. Jamil Tajik
A. Jamil Tajik Mayo Clinic
Bernard J. Gersh
Bernard J. Gersh Mayo Clinic
Jonathan L. Halperin
Jonathan L. Halperin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alice K. Jacobs
Alice K. Jacobs Boston University
Sidney C. Smith
Sidney C. Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barbara Riegel
Barbara Riegel University of Pennsylvania

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